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The cool thing about ""El Orador" ("The Speaker") is the acting ability from writer/leading man Ramón Gómez de la Serna in delivering a four-minute amusing monologue about some peculiar props that a great speaker should have in order to captivate audiences.

He dwells about the great benefits of seeing a different and more interesting view of the world with its monocle without glass and the magic behind his giant fake hand, which distracts us from his lenghty speech - in fact I was so distracted by the previous explanation of his that by the time his enormous hand showed up I didn't noticed when he put the glove, I actually thought he had a defective big hand.

It all goes without cuts or any pause, kudos to the actor even though the act and his speech aren't greatly funny or worthy of a big laughter. It just makes you chuckle a little while watching and hearing his unusual descriptions. No harm done. 6/10.

Another Godley & Creme technological artistic experiment in the form of a music video, the clip for "Don't Stand So Close to Me '86" was a farewell song to The Police a year later after the band break up, a new version of a previous classic of theirs (which already had two music videos made and you can see small excerpts of them in this one). Sting, Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers moved on to solo careers until the band's return in 2007 to great acclaim and welcome back from fans.

Computer flashing effects are a constant in the clip which turns the power trio spinning over and over as small portions of some previous Police music videos are presented on small screen, setting references are used (the candles from "Wrapped Around Your Finger" pop in a dark background), and flying instruments are also part of the strange spectacle.

Groundbreaking technique in the 1980's, weird to look at it in the years that came, but this '86 song version is a hundred times better than the original one that made the teacher's story about the girl student who was obsessed with him sound cute and funny (one of the clip versions present the school scenario but without the girl. Fun to watch as Sting plays the teacher, a profession he was once). The new take looks more reflective, a little serious, and it's heavily supported by the great use of synthesizers and a more powerful beat to it. Too bad it didn't got much popular, but I know that a lot of fans and listeners agree that the later "Don't Stand..." works and sounds better. 8/10.

I'll never understand why this weird version was made since the first (and more well known) video clip was/is one of the greatest music videos ever made, a true classic with a storyline, a nightmarish and artistic concept developed that intrigued audiences for ages. "Owner of a Lonely Heart" took Yes to more mainstream audiences after a decade of being one of the most significant names of prog rock, and the first clip was part responsible for such enthusiastic acclaim. This second version basically presents a view from band members while playing on a bizarre looking wrecked house, with some parrots in the background and...there are bits from the cinematic video shown halfway through - which doesn't make any sense within the clip context of a basic performance.

Definitely watchable and goes with a positive note due to the amazing song and let's say that the listeners will focus more on the lyrics rather than images, as opposed to the classic masterpiece which has many memorable moments that you can't take your eyes off. The only advantage over the previous entry is that you can hear the song fully rather than the interruption used where it all stops when Jon Anderson says so with a quote, then Yes members are turned into animals, and later the song starts all over again without the band perfoming on screen and instead we have the Josef K type of character facing crazed situations and trying to escape from everything and everyone. A lot cooler vid. 7/10.